The venue has attracted some of the biggest acts in the world including Celine Dion, Ringo Starr, Jay Leno and recently sold out a concert by Aretha Franklin.

Upcoming shows include Santana, Foreigner and Pat Benatar.

It seats 5000 for concerts with its versatile retractable seating system.

Meanwhile, despite the fact Detroit arguably is one of the world capitals of rock and of music generally, it placed far down the list when it came to arena concert ticket sales, with Joe Louis Arena at #129 with only 89,200 patrons.

Even places like Budweiser Gardens in London attracted more people – 147,620, placing #97.